UK edition. Partial reprint of the November 1952 (US) issue plus the editorial from the April 1952 (US) issue. 2 · Last Blast · Eric Frank Russell · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1952; illustrated by Paul Orban; given as “The Last Blast” on the cover. 28 · The Currents of Space [Part 2 of 3; Trantorian Empire] · Isaac Asimov · n. Astounding Science Fiction November 1952; illustrated by H. R. Van Dongen 60 · The Things to Come · Gene L. Henderson · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1952 64 · Military Weapon · John W. Campbell, Jr. · ed Astounding Science Fiction April 1952. The UK edition, published by Atlas, appeared August 1939-August 1963. The contents were severely truncated during the 1940s, and the magazine did not appear regularly, adopting a variable bimonthly schedule. It became monthly from February 1952; from November 1953, when it changed from pulp to digest, it was practically a full reprint (four months behind in cover date) of the US edition, although some stories and departments were omitted.